146 Pa. Super. 525 - Commonwealth v. Burall’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently July 1990 · most notably Commonwealth v. Smith (1963), 319 Pa. Super. 398 - Commonwealth v. Gussey (1983)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on The People v. Linde · 137 Pa. Super. 474 - Commonwealth v. Bienkowski · 118 Pa. Super. 168 - Commonwealth v. Peacock · 115 Pa. Super. 241 - Com. v. West Philadelphia Fidelio Mannerchor · 128 Pa. Super. 598 - Commonwealth v. Scott-Powell Dairies
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““These alleged omissions are but procedural irregularities, which did not affect the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace. The right to attack the record on technical deficiencies was surrendered by the defendant in taking his appeal: Commonwealth v. Hunter, 107 Pa. Superior Ct. 513 , 164 A. 113 ; Commonwealth v. Scott-Powell Dairies, 128 Pa. Superior Ct. 598, 601, 602 , 194 A. 684 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The statute prohibiting excess weight on motor vehicles is penal and is subject to the rule of strict construction. (Citation deleted). This does not mean, however, that it is to be given its narrowest meaning if such is directly contrary to the plain intention of the legislation.” (Citation deleted). Commonwealth v. Burall, 146 Pa.Super. 525 , 22 A.2d 619 (1941).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.